Tag: US
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BREAKING: UK bans 5G equipment from Huawei
The United Kingdom (UK) has banned telecommunications companies from buying 5G equipment from Huawei. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Oliver Dowden, UK’s Digital Secretary made the government’s decision known on Tuesday, while addressing the House of Commons. He also revealed the government’s decision mandating the telecoms companies to remove all the Chinese firm’s 5G kit from their…
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US, India, Ghana write FG, demand extradition of 11 Nigerians over alleged fraud
Three countries, the United States of America, India and Ghana, have written respectively to the Federal Government requesting the extradition of 11 Nigerians, a report has revealed. The cases for which the Nigerians are wanted in the foreign countries include money laundering, obtaining under false pretences, fraud as well as drug-related offences. The report, titled…
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BREAKING: Dubai Police hand over Ramoni ‘Hushpuppi’ to FBI in US
Nigerian Instagram Celebrity Ramoni Igbalode aka Hushpuppi has been handed over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US, Dubai Police said on Thursday, Gulf News Dubai is reporting. According to a statement, Christopher Wray, Director of FBI, praised the role of Dubai Police in arresting Raymond Abbas (Hushpuppi) and Olalekan Jacob Ponle…
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Nigeria, US, South Africa citizens can’t enter Europe when airspace lockdown is lifted in July
The citizens of Nigeria, the United States, and South Africa won’t be able to join 54 world countries that will benefit from the reopening of the European Union external borders, which is scheduled beginning of July. According to sources of Euronews, EU officials failed to agree on a common list of the countries that would…
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Covid-19: FG approves another flight to evacuate Nigerians stranded in US
The Federal Government has approved another evacuation flight to enable Nigerians stranded in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic return home. The Consulate General of Nigeria, New York, announced this in a statement, noting that the flight has been scheduled for July 17. It said the flight would take-off from the Newark Liberty International…
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US Air Force fighter jet crashes into North Sea
A US Air Force fighter plane with one pilot on board has crashed into the North Sea. According to Newsnow, the Eagle was on a routine mission from RAF Lakenheath, the Air Force said on Monday. British search and rescue authorities are taking part in the search of the crash site, which is believed to…
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#Blacklivesmatter: Hundreds of protesters storm US Embassy in Abuja over killing of George Floyd
Hundreds of protesters yesterday, besieged the United States of America embassy located in the Central Business District of Abuja to express their displesure over the recent and barbaric killings of George Floyd and several others black persons in the US. The protesters under the aegis of the Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights, CALSER…
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Racial killings in US: Protest spreads to Nigeria…Lagosians defy rain, march in solidarity with blacks
With the gruesome murder of an African-American by a ‘white’ cop still causing widespread outrage across the world, some Nigerians in Lagos, on Monday, staged a walk in condemnation of the dastardly act. The Black Lives Matter Movement in Nigeria (BLMMN), stormed the streets of Nigeria’s commercial capital despite the heavy downpour, in total condemnation…